HTC has temporarily halted the roll-out ofAndroid 4.4 KitKat in the UK, following reports from users of issues installing the software on the company's latest handsets.
Android 4.4 the first version of Google's mobile operating system to be sponsored by a confectionery company, adds a number of improvements over its predecessors including better performance and an optional new run-time engine, ART, which can help boost battery life. Devices based on Google's stock Android release, including the company's own Nexus line, have been running KitKat for some time, but handsets which feature heavy customisation - including the HTC One family and Samsung's Galaxy range - have to wait for the upgrade to be tweaked by their manufacturer.
Now, HTC has admitted that it has been forced to pull the KitKat update from its UK servers following reports that the upgrade is causing problems. "We're aware that some users are having issues with the [Android] 4.4 update," the company confirmed in a statement this week. "As a result, all updates have been temporarily suspended."
The removal of the update will be a blow for UK HTC owners, who have already been forced to sit back and wait with no sign of an update while other countries, including the US and much of Europe, receive an upgrade without issue. So far, HTC has not confirmed exactly what the flaws blocking the update might be - although they do, strangely, appear to be exclusive to the UK, with other countries having updated to the latest Android release on HTC hardware without issue.
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